‘The Lord asked him, “How? ” ‘He said, “I will go and become a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets.” ‘Then he said, “You will certainly entice him and prevail. Go and do that.”
1 Samuel 19:9 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Now an evil spirit sent from the Lord came on Saul as he was sitting in his palace holding a spear. David was playing the lyre, Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And the evil spirit from the LORD was upon Saul, as he sat in his house with his javelin in his hand: and David played with his hand. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Then an evil spirit from the Lord came upon Saul as he sat in his house with his spear in his hand; and David was playing [the lyre] with his hand. American Standard Version (1901) And an evil spirit from Jehovah was upon Saul, as he sat in his house with his spear in his hand; and David was playing with his hand. Common English Bible Then an evil spirit from the LORD came over Saul. He was sitting in his house with his spear in hand while David was playing music. Catholic Public Domain Version And the evil spirit from the Lord came to Saul, who was sitting in his house and holding a lance. And David was playing music with his hand. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the evil spirit from the Lord came upon Saul: and he sat in his house, and held a spear in his hand. And David played with his hand. |
‘The Lord asked him, “How? ” ‘He said, “I will go and become a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets.” ‘Then he said, “You will certainly entice him and prevail. Go and do that.”
Now the Spirit of the Lord had left Saul, and an evil spirit sent from the Lord began to torment him,
so Saul’s servants said to him, ‘You see that an evil spirit from God is tormenting you.
Let our lord command your servants here in your presence to look for someone who knows how to play the lyre. Whenever the evil spirit from God comes on you, that person can play the lyre, and you will feel better.’
When war broke out again, David went out and fought against the Philistines. He defeated them with such great force that they fled from him.
Saul heard that David and his men had been discovered. At that time Saul was in Gibeah, sitting under the tamarisk tree at the high place. His spear was in his hand, and all his servants were standing around him.